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Revision as of 00:36, 1 June 2011
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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| Standort | 820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001767[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 08, 1998 |
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. A significant building in the area:
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is one of three black churches in Parkersburg. Built in 1887, the two-story, stucco building is a vernacular ecclesiastical interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. Bethel is the oldest black church building in west central West Virginia and is located in a neighborhood of late 19th-century wood frame houses only a block from downtown. Bethel is a quiet sentinel of a settled neighborhood significant in the black history of Wood County.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Beth L. Savage, African American Historic Places, (John Wiley and Sons, 1994) pg. 535 http://books.google.com/books?id=wjZIkchWX5AC&source=gbs_navlinks_s
